Rolled Forward and Down 1 Put option on ETH – 1.41% potential income return in 12 days (42.87% annualized)
On July 28, 2023, I rolled forward and down 1 put option on Ethereum crypto coin, a position I originally established a week ago, see: Sold 0.6 Put Options on ETH – 0.96% potential income return in 5 days (70.08% annualized)
I rolled because my previous strike price of $1,875 was in the money. I didn’t want to take an assignment yet and decided to roll down this position, while still squeezing out some extra juice (premium)
From the premium received, I bought additional 0.00811 ETH itself.
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here is the trade setup:
BOT 0.6 ETH JUL 28 '23 1875 Put Option 14.51
SLD 1 ETH AUG 04 '23 1850 Put Option 23.8
Here I bought back 0.6 ETH July 28, 2023 expiry put option paying $8.70 (0.6*14.51), and sold a new put option with next week’s expiry (August 04, 2023 ) and a lower strike price receiving $23.8 (before commissions)
The aftermath of this trade + $15.1 (before commissions)
What happens next?
On the expiry date, August 04, 2023, ETH is trading above $1,850 per share - options expire worthlessly and I keep premium - if ETH trades under $1,850 on the expiry date, I risk getting assigned 1 ETH, and will have to buy them paying $1,850
As I already have collected a premium of $27.29 per coin, my break-even price for this trade is 1,850-18+14.51-23.8= $1,822.71
In case of an assignment, I will turn this trade into a wheel strategy and will start selling covered calls.
Anyhow, if troubled with the strike price near the expiry, I will try to roll it forward and down, preferably for credit, before actually taking the ETH assignment.
In total: 5 trades since July 23, 2023
Options premium: $26.24